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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?
American composer, organist, and teacher.
* ?birth year? born in ?birth city?
* June 28, 1922 born in San Antonio, Texas
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1950 Bachelor of Music, Trinity Univ. (San Antonio)
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* Study at Curtis Institute, Philadelphia
* ?year of death? died in ?city of death?
* Organ study with Alexander McCurdy, Arthur Poister, Donald Willing
* 1951 Master of Music, Curtis
* 1956 Ph.D., Syracuse Univ., N.Y.; composition study with Ernest Bacon, Rosario Scalero
* 1956-60 Alfred Univ. Chair of Music Dept.
* 1960-65 St. Olaf Coll., Northfield, Minn., Chair of Music Dept.
* 1967-69 Syracuse Univ., professor of music
* 1969-81 Arizona State Univ., Tempe, professor of music
* 1970 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Ariz., organist/choirmaster
* Aug. 2, 1987 died in Tempe


For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?first_middle_last as listed in Wikipedia article?].
David N. Johnson composed over three hundred organ pieces, mostly for church use. All are tonal and very conservative in style. Perhaps best known by organists are his Trumpet Tunes.
 
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_N._Johnson Wikipedia article].


==List of Organ Works==
==List of Organ Works==
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==Recordings==
==Recordings==
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===Free Online===
===Free Online===
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Trumpet Tune in D Major, played by Jason Payne at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAplq3znUJs


===Pay to Listen===
===Pay to Listen===

Latest revision as of 18:23, 24 November 2014

Synopsis

American composer, organist, and teacher.

  • June 28, 1922 born in San Antonio, Texas
  • 1950 Bachelor of Music, Trinity Univ. (San Antonio)
  • Study at Curtis Institute, Philadelphia
  • Organ study with Alexander McCurdy, Arthur Poister, Donald Willing
  • 1951 Master of Music, Curtis
  • 1956 Ph.D., Syracuse Univ., N.Y.; composition study with Ernest Bacon, Rosario Scalero
  • 1956-60 Alfred Univ. Chair of Music Dept.
  • 1960-65 St. Olaf Coll., Northfield, Minn., Chair of Music Dept.
  • 1967-69 Syracuse Univ., professor of music
  • 1969-81 Arizona State Univ., Tempe, professor of music
  • 1970 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Ariz., organist/choirmaster
  • Aug. 2, 1987 died in Tempe

David N. Johnson composed over three hundred organ pieces, mostly for church use. All are tonal and very conservative in style. Perhaps best known by organists are his Trumpet Tunes.

For details, see the Wikipedia article.

List of Organ Works

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Opus Title Year
Op. ?? Fugue a la Gigue year
Op. ?? Chorale Preludes year
Op. ?? Easy Trios year
Op. ?? Trumpet Tunes year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year

Background and General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page[1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

Free Online

Trumpet Tune in D Major, played by Jason Payne at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAplq3znUJs

Pay to Listen

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Other Resources

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Notes

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